1981–82 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1981-82 season was Aston Villa's 82nd season in the Football League.

As defending First Division champions for the first time in 71 years, they qualified for the European Cup for the first time in their history. Their first game in the competition was against Valur of Iceland, following by a second round clash with Dynamo Berlin of East Germany, Dynamo Kiev of the Soviet Union in the quarter-finals and then Anderlecht of Belgium in the semi-finals before beating Bayern Munich of West Germany 1–0 in the Final in Rotterdam, with Peter Withe scoring the winning goal.

The season began with Ron Saunders, who had been the club's manager since 1974, still in charge, but he resigned on 9 February 1982 following a disagreement with the board over his contract. He had been in charge for nearly eight years, winning a league title and two League Cups in the process. His successor was his assistant manager Tony Barton, who had been in charge for three months by the time Villa won the European Cup.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Jimmy Rimmer
England GK Nigel Spink
England DF Kenny Swain
England DF Colin Gibson
England DF Brendan Ormsby
England DF Mark Jones
England DF Pat Heard
England DF Gary Williams
Scotland DF Ken McNaught
Scotland DF Allan Evans
Republic of Ireland DF Eamon Deacy
No. Position Player
England MF Ivor Linton
England MF Tony Morley
England MF Dennis Mortimer
England MF Mark Walters
England MF Gordon Cowans
England MF Paul Birch
England MF Andy Blair
Scotland MF Des Bremner
England FW Peter Withe
England FW Gary Shaw
England FW David Geddis
Republic of Ireland FW Terry Donovan[1]

First round

First leg

Aston Villa England 5–0 Iceland Valur
Morley  6'
Withe  37', 68'
Donovan  40', 69'
Attendance: 20,481
Referee:
ASTON VILLA:
1England Jimmy Rimmer
2England Kenny Swain
3England Colin Gibson
4Scotland Allan Evans
5England Brendan Ormsby
6England Dennis Mortimer
7Scotland Des Bremner
8Republic of Ireland Terry Donovan
9England Peter Withe
10England Gordon Cowans
11England Tony Morley
Manager:
England Ron Saunders
VALUR:
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Manager:

Second leg

Valur Iceland 0–2 England Aston Villa
Shaw  25', 70'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:
VALUR:
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10
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Manager:
ASTON VILLA:
1England Jimmy Rimmer
2England Kenny Swain
3England Colin Gibson
4Scotland Allan Evans
5England Brendan Ormsby
6England Dennis Mortimer
7Scotland Des Bremner
8England Gary Shaw
9England Peter Withe
10England Gordon Cowans
11Scotland Andy Blair
Manager:
England Ron Saunders

Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

Dynamo Berlin East Germany 1–2 England Aston Villa
Riediger  50' Morley  5', 85'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:
DYNAMO BERLIN:
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10
11
Manager:
East Germany Jürgen Bogs
ASTON VILLA:
1England Jimmy Rimmer
2England Gary Williams
3England Colin Gibson
4Scotland Allan Evans
5England Brendan Ormsby
6England Dennis Mortimer
7Scotland Des Bremner
8England Gary Shaw
9England Peter Withe
10England Gordon Cowans
11England Tony Morley
Manager:
England Ron Saunders

Second leg

Aston Villa England 0–1 East Germany Dynamo Berlin
Terletzki  15'
Attendance: 28,175
Referee:
ASTON VILLA:
1England Jimmy Rimmer
2England Kenny Swain
3England Colin Gibson
4Scotland Allan Evans
5England Gary Williams
6England Dennis Mortimer
7Scotland Des Bremner
8England Gary Shaw
9England Peter Withe
10England Gordon Cowans
11England Tony Morley
Manager:
England Ron Saunders
DYNAMO BERLIN:
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Manager:
East Germany Jürgen Bogs

2–2 on aggregate. Villa won on away goals rule.

Quarter final

First leg

Dynamo Kiev Soviet Union 0–0 England Aston Villa
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:
DYNAMO KIEV:
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manager:
Soviet Union Valeri Lobanovsky
ASTON VILLA:
1England Jimmy Rimmer
2England Kenny Swain
3England Gary Williams
4Scotland Des Bremner
5Scotland Ken McNaught
6England Dennis Mortimer
7Scotland Andy Blair
8England Gary Shaw
9England Peter Withe
10England Gordon Cowans
11England Tony Morley
Manager:
England Tony Barton

Second leg

Aston Villa England 2–0 Soviet Union Dynamo Kiev
Shaw  4'
McNaught  44'
Attendance: 38,579
Referee:
ASTON VILLA:
1England Jimmy Rimmer
2England Kenny Swain
3England Gary Williams
4Scotland Allan Evans
5Scotland Ken McNaught
6England Dennis Mortimer
7Scotland Des Bremner
8England Gary Shaw
9England Peter Withe
10England Gordon Cowans
11England Tony Morley
Manager:
England Tony Barton
DYNAMO KIEV:
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3
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10
11
Manager:
Soviet Union Valeri Lobanovsky

Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-final

First leg

Aston Villa England 1–0 Belgium Anderlecht
Morley  27'
Referee:
ASTON VILLA:
1England Jimmy Rimmer
2England Kenny Swain
3England Gary Williams
4Scotland Allan Evans
5Scotland Ken McNaught
6England Dennis Mortimer
7Scotland Des Bremner
8England Gary Shaw
9England Peter Withe
10England Gordon Cowans
11England Tony Morley
Manager:
England Tony Barton
ANDERLECHT:
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2
3
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9
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11
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tomislav Ivić

Second leg

Anderlecht Belgium 0–0 England Aston Villa
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Referee:
ANDERLECHT:
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2
3
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9
10
11
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tomislav Ivić
ASTON VILLA:
1England Jimmy Rimmer
2England Kenny Swain
3England Gary Williams
4Scotland Allan Evans
5Scotland Ken McNaught
6England Dennis Mortimer
7Scotland Des Bremner
8England Gary Shaw
9England Peter Withe
10England Gordon Cowans
11England Tony Morley
Manager:
England Tony Barton

Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Aston Villa England 1–0 West Germany Bayern Munich
Withe  67'
Attendance: 39,776
Referee: Georges Konrath France

References

  1. ↑ Donovan was born in Liverpool, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1979.
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